Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 22: Traders of Narwal-Kunjwani Bye Pass Road today staged a peaceful protest against National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), here at Narwal.
Hundreds of traders assembled today at Narwal and raised slogans against authorities of NHAI in Jammu and Kashmir for not listening to the voice of concerned traders of the area.
The protesting traders said that as a part of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, NHAI is constructing flyover from Kunjwani to Narwal on binding walls which is not acceptable to the traders of the area as it will result into closure of their trade activities.
“We urged the NHAI to construct the flyover on pillars and in this connection we also met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi. The Minister also spoke to the NHAI authorities in J&K and directed them to construct the flyover on pillars so that traders of the area do not suffer but the NHAI authorities even did not pay heed to the directions issued by the Minister,” they added.
The protesting traders demanded the NHAI to immediately stop the construction work of binding-wall flyover. “We are not against construction of flyover but NHAI should also take care of the concerns of the traders and construct the flyover on pillars instead of binding-walls,” they added and warned of intensifying the protest by blocking the Highway if NHAI ignore their concern and demand.
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